It's Shamrock Rovers vs Molde in the Europa Conference League!

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 13.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tallaght Stadium (5500 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght Stadium when the Europa Conference League tournament arrives in town and Molde with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

This football field has the surface grass, unlike Molde's home ground. The previous 22 games by the guests on grass have given 14 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses.

These teams have little in common geographically as Molde have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shamrock Rovers and Molde.

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Shamrock Rovers form and stats

Shamrock was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa Conference League. Flora was too strong.

Home games in the Premier Division have been a walk in the park for Shamrock Rovers so far, with 44 points won from 16 matches; 14 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. 0W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Shamrock Rovers.

Shamrock Rovers's last game was hosting Shelbourne and winning 3-2. A late climax in the match against Shelbourne as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Gaffney.

Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Molde in the Europa Conference League.

There will be little rest for Shamrock after this match as they are travelling to Drogheda United for a Premier Division game in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Shamrock Rovers are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 16 league matches. Shamrock Rovers have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Molde form and stats

Molde was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 3rd qualifying round last season.

The strength of Molde on their travels this season is incredible with 32 points collected from 12 Eliteserien away games. Molde has 10-2-0 on the road, with 25 goals scored and 10 conceded. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Molde: 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

274 minutes! That's how long the Molde goalkeeper Jacob Karlstrom and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Kaasa, Fofana, Brynhildsen and Eikrem (2) secured the home win 5-0 against HamKam in their previous game. As mentioned above, Molde was the only team on the pitch versus HamKam in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie four matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Brynhildsen and that is quite the feat! Eikrem, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.52. Eikrem scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

A home victory as anticipated against Shamrock Rovers before that, in the Europa Conference League.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Molde manager Moe as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Lillestrøm.

The Molde manager Moe has got the team scoring on the road, with 25 away goals in 12 league matches. Molde are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Molde - Shamrock Rovers 3-0 logged in the official records. Brynhildsen loves to face Shamrock and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MoldeD. Fofana
D. Fofana
10 goals
Shamrock RoversR. Gaffney
R. Gaffney
9 goals
MoldeO. Brynhildsen
O. Brynhildsen
9 goals

Shamrock Rovers missing players

Molde missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shamrock Rovers Molde
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   13 25
14 8   Won W   10 19
5 2   Drew D   1 3
6 0   Lost L   2 3
37 22   Scored S   33 65
27 6   Conceded C   16 21
84% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
68% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 76%
64% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   77% 72%
28% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 48%
8% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   54% 44%
40% 50%   BTTS BTTS   69% 52%
40% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 44%
36% 10%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
4.8 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.2
4.6 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.1 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   13.5 15
4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5.8
37% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   55% 45%
 
10.8 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 8.9
4.4 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 2.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Djurgården 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 7
2 Molde 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 4
3 Gent 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
4 Shamrock Rovers 3 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shamrock Rovers 32 21 6 5 53 20 16 14 2 0 34 9 16 7 4 5 19 11 33 69
2 Derry City 32 18 10 4 52 24 16 8 6 2 27 11 16 10 4 2 25 13 28 64
3 Dundalk 32 15 11 6 45 25 16 11 4 1 30 9 16 4 7 5 15 16 20 56
4 St Patrick's 32 16 7 9 49 31 16 8 3 5 21 15 16 8 4 4 28 16 18 55
5 Sligo Rovers 32 12 8 12 42 38 16 7 4 5 23 20 16 5 4 7 19 18 4 44
6 Bohemians 32 11 9 12 38 38 16 6 4 6 20 20 16 5 5 6 18 18 0 42
7 Shelbourne 32 9 9 14 32 43 16 4 5 7 16 24 16 5 4 7 16 19 -11 36
8 Drogheda United 32 8 10 14 30 49 16 6 5 5 17 20 16 2 5 9 13 29 -19 34
9 Finn Harps 32 4 7 21 29 62 16 3 4 9 15 23 16 1 3 12 14 39 -33 19
10 UCD 32 4 7 21 22 62 16 2 5 9 12 26 16 2 2 12 10 36 -40 19
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Molde 25 20 3 2 60 21 13 10 1 2 35 11 12 10 2 0 25 10 39 63
2 Bodø / Glimt 25 14 6 5 64 32 13 6 6 1 37 16 12 8 0 4 27 16 32 48
3 Rosenborg 25 13 8 4 56 35 12 10 2 0 30 10 13 3 6 4 26 25 21 47
4 Lillestrøm 25 14 5 6 44 28 12 8 2 2 21 9 13 6 3 4 23 19 16 47
5 Vålerenga 25 13 3 9 46 35 12 9 1 2 27 10 13 4 2 7 19 25 11 42
6 Odd 25 10 5 10 31 39 13 6 1 6 19 20 12 4 4 4 12 19 -8 35
7 Tromsø 25 8 10 7 36 41 12 7 3 2 22 17 13 1 7 5 14 24 -5 34
8 Viking 25 9 6 10 40 41 12 5 4 3 19 13 13 4 2 7 21 28 -1 33
9 Sarpsborg 08 25 10 2 13 47 46 13 6 1 6 24 21 12 4 1 7 23 25 1 32
10 Strømsgodset 25 9 5 11 39 40 13 7 2 4 29 19 12 2 3 7 10 21 -1 32
11 Haugesund 25 8 6 11 36 41 13 6 3 4 23 20 12 2 3 7 13 21 -5 30
12 Aalesund 24 7 7 10 26 38 12 4 4 4 14 16 12 3 3 6 12 22 -12 28
13 HamKam 25 5 11 9 28 36 13 4 5 4 15 14 12 1 6 5 13 22 -8 26
14 Sandefjord 25 6 5 14 37 59 12 1 5 6 19 29 13 5 0 8 18 30 -22 23
15 Kristiansund 25 4 6 15 30 51 12 3 4 5 22 27 13 1 2 10 8 24 -21 18
16 Jerv 24 4 2 18 21 58 12 4 1 7 11 22 12 0 1 11 10 36 -37 14

Molde:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Djurgården 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 7
2 Molde 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 4
3 Gent 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
4 Shamrock Rovers 3 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 -6 1

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